Where does “senescenza” come from?

senescenza (Italian) comes from Latin senesco, from Latin seneō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

senescenza (Italian): senescence, old age

Definitions

  1. senescence, old age

Ancestry of “senescenza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsenescoI become aged, grow old, age; I decay or diminish...
2Latinseneōto be old or frail
3Latin-eō
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin seneō